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October 2017
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The tax plan unveiled last week would cut corporate tax rates, eliminate the estate tax and double the individual income tax exemptions.
Oct. 3, 2017
As the Southwest Editor for Backpacker Magazine, Annette McGivney is used to writing about beautiful hiking destinations and telling people how they can enjoy the natural world. But in 2007, she got an assignment that pushed her in a new direction.
Oct. 3, 2017
Gov. Doug Ducey last week announced the Arizona Teachers’ Academy. It promises free tuition at the state’s public universities for every year teachers teach in Arizona, and is meant to try to close the teacher shortage the state has had for the past several years.
Oct. 3, 2017
Figuring out Arizona’s water future is front of mind for many of the state’s leaders, and money is certainly spent on trying to ensure that future. But as The Arizona Capitol Times’ Rachel Leingang reported this week, the faucet has been turned on to pay quite a bit for lobbyists.
Oct. 3, 2017
House Republicans have been preparing to vote on the SHARE Act, which is short for Sportsmen Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act. It includes provisions that would deregulate silencers or suppressors and allow armor-piercing bullets.
Oct. 3, 2017
Rock legend Tom Petty died Monday at the age of 66. His music resonated with many people, offering a rare combination of sincerity, realism, and optimism. The Show’s producer Sarah Ventre remembers the iconic musician.
Oct. 3, 2017
There are stories on every street corner of the city. One audio producer drives a cab around the Valley and records some of the people she meets.
Oct. 3, 2017
This summer, President Trump issued an executive order on Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States.
Oct. 3, 2017
The U.S. office of Housing and Urban Development has seen its funding cut drastically, and a budget proposal has the Senate calling for reducing money to the program by $88 million. The House wants to drop $118 million from HUD. Whatever reduction ultimately comes about will affect communities across the nation.
Oct. 3, 2017
A federal judge is starting 10 days of hearings today on a law banning the practice that critics call “ballot harvesting.” Howie Fischer of Capitol Media Services joins me now to talk about the long and winding legal road this law has taken so far, and where it may go from here.
Oct. 3, 2017
